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Can I Gold Plate BATHROOM
FIXTURES?
YES, our 25 amp, 30
amp and
our 35 amp gold plating systems can Gold Plate CHROME BATHROOM FIXTURES. We
would suggest the 30 amp system over the 25 amp or 35 amp system because the 30
amps help in the chrome stripping process and the light weight of the 30 amp
system is a plus.
We get asked this question quite
often. The question typically comes from people who are looking into Gold Plating as a way
of making money. The idea of finding ways to make money sounds good. Every home has at
least a kitchen and a bath room so there are two potential sales per home, times the
number of houses in any given town shows, a large number of potential sales.
Defining REAL POTENTIAL as
opposed to what is usually called "BLUE SKY" is a challenge.
BLUE SKY is a term I learned
many years ago, it is a big BLUE SKY, which implies a lot of untapped
opportunity but hard to sell to.
Gold Plating is a way of showing
off. It is a display of wealth.
On average, how many people see
the inside of where you live? Probably very few.
On average, how many people will
see the vehicle you drive? Probably quite a lot.
Does your bathroom or your
vehicle give you a better chance of showing off Gold Plating? Clearly, your
vehicle offers the best chance to be seen.
Of the model homes that you have
personally been in, and have confirmation from the builder, how many show off 24 K Gold
Plated faucets? How many have polished brass? You need to know.
The next thing to
check is the plumbing department of a Hardware Store or a Home Decorating
location. See what they offer in what color and then you will get a better
idea. Polished brass with a protective coating sure looks good. It is not
particularly expensive either.
This is not to say that you
would never get a sale to gold plate faucets, it is to point you in the direction of
seeing what is really out there and to define the realistic potential.
In simple terms;
If you live in
an area where almost everyone wants gold plated bathroom fixtures, you will be able to do
with work with our Gold Plating System.
If the area you live in does not have a lot of
gold plated bathroom fixtures, the Gold Plating System we offer will be able to do gold
plating of bathroom fixtures when, or if, you ever find the work of gold plating bathroom
fixtures.
As a side note, even
if you do not find plumbing work, our 35 amp gold plating system will make you
money in other gold plating work, as in gold plating the assorted scripts and
emblems on vehicles.
Between jobs of gold plating
bathroom fixtures, if you find that work, you will make real NOW MONEY gold plating the assorted scripts and
emblems on vehicles. This makes it a WIN - WIN - WIN deal for you.
There is a LIMITED SALES
POTENTIAL to do in-the-home Gold Plating on Bathroom Fixtures. Finding the in-the-home
Gold Plating work is perhaps one of the hardest tasks.
Reports from customers continue
to say that if they did not do Gold Plating on Cars, Sport Utility Vehicles, Trucks and or
Vans, they would not make much real money.
Just because you can do the
work, does not mean it is smart to do the work. Please read on.
Some people have found assorted
"niche markets" like doing bathroom fixtures.
Others have told us there is NO
REAL POTENTIAL IN GOLD PLATING BATHROOM FIXTURES.
Again, check out Plumbing Stores,
Hardware Stores and Home Fixture Stores in your local area. Study your real
market potential by being informed before you make a purchase.
We STRONGLY suggest you
investigate the REAL POTENTIAL in your area of "niche markets" with Gold Plating
before you buy any machine to do the work.
The ability to do the work, and
the practical applications of the work are different. That translates real easy. YES, as I
said above, you can do the work of gold plating bathroom fixtures with our
systems, although it will not bring you a lot of business and it
will bring you a lot of problems.
In the August 1997 issue of
Popular Science, on page 47, Popular Science had a highlighted section on PLUMBING.
They wrote;
"BRASS BATHROOM FIXTURES
look elegant - until years of use turn them from dashing to dull. Now, to give polished
brass the durability of chrome, faucet manufacturers have developed protective,
corrosion-resistant coatings."
The Popular Science article goes
on to talk about Delta Faucet's Brilliance and Moen's Lifeshine coated-products
that are
available now. They add that Kohler plans to introduce a similar finish soon.
The scope and nature of the
article points out the importance of providing a PROTECTIVE FINISH that will RESIST the
rigors of cleaning the fixtures take.
The Popular Science article
continues by explaining,
"We subjected both
companies' products to a set of tests - and they both lived up to promises. Using an
abrasive powder, a clog-removing liquid, a lime removing liquid, and a steel wool pad, we
were unable to damage the surface of either faucet during simulated cleaning. That doesn't
mean the faucets are damage-proof, of course: We did manage to scratch one with the tip
of a ball point pen."
The point of bringing this up to
you is simple. Even the manufacturers of the plumbing fixtures are working to improve the
durability of the FACTORY FINISHES on their products. Clearly, no gold plating job I know
of would stand up to the types of abuse the Popular Science testing team did on the
special treatment of the faucets.
In light of seeing this
information (you can probably go to the local Library and get a copy of the August 1997
issue of Popular Science, the article was on page 47) do you really want to gold plate
plumbing fixtures?
Knowing
the information contained in the Popular Science article, should
we work to sell you a gold plating system to do gold plating work on
plumbing fixtures?
To do a decent job of gold
plating in the plumbing industry, take a look at the process currently developed for the
purpose.
High polished BRASS gives off a
bright yellow finish, like GOLD. The problem that plagued the plumbing fixture industry
was the question of durability. Housewives, and others who clean the bathroom, commonly
scrub the surface with a variety of products. These would include a soft scrubbing product
as well as harsh abrasive cleaners.
Currently, there are a number of
products being marketed in the plumbing fixture industry with a "LIFETIME" brass
finish. These are from several large Kitchen & Bath and Architectural Hardware OEM's.
This "LIFETIME" brass
finish is actually Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD).
Also known as Ion Plating, PVD is a high vacuum process in which metals are ionized and
deposited along with reactive gases to form a very hard, very thin metal compounds.
Applied over chrome plated brass
or zinc (or directly over polished stainless), PVD applied ZrN provides;
Extreme Corrosion Resistance -
it does not need an organic top coat and will not tarnish or corrode.
True Color Replication - it is
the color of polished brass, it can easily be turned to a specific brass shade (in volume
operations) and is replicated with accuracy between cycles.
Extreme Abrasion Resistance -
it will not scratch off under aggressive abrasive wear.
Excellent Chemical Resistance
- it successfully resists attack from most chemicals.
It is for these reasons, and
more, that the Kitchen & Bath and Architectural Hardware Community is quickly moving
to PVD processing instead of other more problematic life enhancing coatings that purport
to yield lifetime performance but fail in one or more of the items listed above.
The result of this is simple.
The Kitchen & Bath and Architectural Hardware Community already realizes there is a
problem of durability of special coatings on assorted plumbing fixtures. Further, they
know GOLD is a soft coating to start with, even if it is deposited as a VERY HARD SURFACE.
This is why they are moving to Physical Vapor Repositioning (PVD) processing.
It is obviously not practical
for you to attempt to PVD processing.
During the 1998 NATIONAL
HARDWARE SHOW in CHICAGO, Illinois, I visited a number of plumbing fixture booths.
Although several of the people in the booths had a problem pronouncing Zirconium Nitride
(ZrN) deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) they all knew about it. The comments
were simple, the companies I visited were all offering Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) deposited
by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) process and were equally sure any company providing
plumbing fixtures either have the process of will be going to the same process very soon.
The aspect of doing the
Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) process on the
manufacturers chrome finish is still not conclusive.
This means Gold Plating of
existing chrome plumbing fixtures is possible.
This also puts into question the
potential of gold plating NEW chrome plumbing fixtures.
The point that you can do Gold
Plating of chrome plumbing fixtures today does not address the long term durability of the
finish. From a durability standpoint, the gold will wear off while the polished brass
fixture with a Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) finish
over the brass will last and last.
Basically, it is not practical
to expect to make a lot of money, or to develop a business by Gold Plating chrome bathroom
fixtures. And, before you purchase ANY GOLD PLATING MACHINE from ANY GOLD PLATING MACHINE
SUPPLIER, based on the idea that you can make money and or go into a business of doing
gold plating on plumbing fixtures, be sure to INVESTIGATE the real sales potential.
Although we are not selling a
PVD system, of any type, we do have information on it if you need to have a special piece
processed. This is clearly one of the NOVELTY TYPE APPLICATIONS, and not anything you
should spend any time on.
As a special note, we can get
you a chemical that you can use to remove the
Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) finish over
the brass. However, we would not want to do that because there is no sense in
getting into a warranty questi0on and I expect the manufacturer of the bathroom
fixtures would take the position that the person who removed the Zirconium
Nitride (ZrN) deposited by Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) finish on the
bathroom fixture is responsible for the warranty problems with the bathroom
fixtures.
The place to make money is the
potential to turn the chrome scripts and emblems on peoples vehicles to GOLD,
and we have a great gold plating system to do that work.
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